Mauritius News

• Mauritius: Call for Women to Participate in Politics

  Mauritians at the just ended Third Gender Justice and Local Government Summit have called for the inclusion of women in political decision-making saying women have a lot to offer the electorate. Currently, women constitute 6.4% of those in local government in the country. "Women have so much potential and bring different perspectives to development. Along with their male counterparts, they
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 26th Apr, 2012 at 03:45PM in General    Source:News24  0  Comments

• Mauritius: Mauritius president quits in row with PM

  Mauritius President Anerood Jugnauth, who has been in open conflict with Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, said Friday he was resigning to join the opposition. "I'm not in agreement with the philosophy of the government and the way the country is run," he told journalists, adding that his resignation would take effect Saturday. "When I'm not in agreement, I quit," he
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 30th Mar, 2012 at 12:06PM in General    Source:Vanguard  0  Comments

• Mauritius: Locals Queue as Water Becomes a Luxury

  Port-Louis — Rani Murthy, a public officer who lives in Plaines Wilhems, central Mauritius, wakes at three every morning to wait for the water tanker from the Central Water Authority so that she can collect water for cooking and household chores. "This is not a life. Waking at three to collect water, doing household work before seven, and then going
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 19th Mar, 2012 at 11:52PM in General    Source:Daily Nation  0  Comments

• Mauritius: Drug Use On the Increase Among Kids

  

  Port Louis — With drug trafficking rampant in the small Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, social workers and drug treatment centres are noting an increasing number of children and youth are now becoming addicted to drugs.
  
  Mauritius, which only has a population of 1.2 million and is about 2,000 square metres, has been classified as
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 25th Aug, 2011 at 10:29PM in General    Source:New Era  0  Comments

• Mauritius: Central Banks Sign Pact to Share Information

  

  The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Monday signed an information sharing pact with the Bank of Mauritius at a time that Kenyan commercial banks are increasingly interested in entering the Indian Ocean island market.
  
  CBK governor Njuguna Ndung'u signed the memorandum of understanding with the Mauritian Central Bank governor Rundeersing Bheenick at the CBK building early
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 9th Aug, 2011 at 09:16PM in Business    Source:Business Daily  0  Comments

• Mauritius: Irish honeymooner body will be leaing Mauritius

  

  Port Louis - The body of the daughter of a high-profile Irish sports personality murdered whilst on her honeymoon in Mauritius could be repatriated as early as Thursday evening, Air Mauritius said.
  
  "Everything has been done to enable the body to be transported (back to Ireland) via Britain this evening," said Donald Payen, a spokesperson for
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 13th Jan, 2011 at 10:27AM in General    Source:starafrica  0  Comments